Biennial Kavli Prizes are presented to scientists in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience.
Biennial Kavli Prizes are presented to scientists in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience.
A lose band of extremist eco-anarchist groups has attacked several researchers and organizations involved with nuclear science and nanotechnology.
Plant pests are evolving to outsmart common herbicides, costing farmers crops and money.
Ancient bacteria living in deep-sea sediments are alive—but with metabolisms so slow that it’s hard to tell.
Orange-loving Trinidad guppies are curiously attracted to orange spots on prawn pincers, which may make it easier for the predators to snatch them up.
Two 9,000-year-old skeletons will be held by University of California, San Diego, officials—rather than turned over to American Indians for reburial—until a lawsuit is settled.
Nanoparticles in mice can be switched on to activate insulin production using a radio signal.
Human-specific duplications of a gene involved in brain development may have contributed to our species’ unique intelligence.
Researchers investigate a microorganism that may warrant a new eukaryotic kingdom in the classification of life.